DR512 Drums

[kingarthur]

Has anyone had the latest batch of drums for the C224(e) range , where the chip is riveted to it, instead of the little black screw...going to make life a little difficult, used to be handy for swapping K & Y DRs for diagnosis purposes....

[uzicomp]

Re: DR512 Drums

what do you need?

[habik]

Re: DR512 Drums

Ah crap. Thanks for the update. time to keep some old screws from old drum units.


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[D Colour]

Re: DR512 Drums

We have just received our first lot of these. What a con! Trying to force you into purchasing the colour drum units (which are more than twice the price!)

Did you come up with a solution to get round this - I've had a look at it and cant see a way of changing the chip without butchering it!

Thanks
J

[habik]

Re: DR512 Drums

We have just received our first lot of these. What a con! Trying to force you into purchasing the colour drum units (which are more than twice the price!)

Did you come up with a solution to get round this - I've had a look at it and cant see a way of changing the chip without butchering it!

Thanks
J

Since it is a rivet, drilling it out wil be the most precise and efficient to remove without damaging the chip. You may have to use vaccume to suck all the debree out. OR just snap it off and cut the rivet with snippers. Put bit of a glue from glue gun in? There is so many options. Or some decent industrial 2-sided tape perhaps to hold the chip in place.

[Gift]

Re: DR512 Drums

Totally easy:

rip out the old chip with force / remove pcb residues.

You'll either have to have new modified chips or modify old-style chips with a little multi drilling tool so you can slide the chip below the pin and lift it gently over the other fixing pin. No glue or fancy stuff needed and done within no time (if you have your chips prepped).

[Copier Addict]

Re: DR512 Drums

Totally easy:

rip out the old chip with force / remove pcb residues.

You'll either have to have new modified chips or modify old-style chips with a little multi drilling tool so you can slide the chip below the pin and lift it gently over the other fixing pin. No glue or fancy stuff needed and done within no time (if you have your chips prepped).

Are you saying to leave the rivet intact and remove the corner of the chip so it can slip under the rivet?

[allan]

Re: DR512 Drums

The first one i encountered i broke the chip off and used a cutter to get rid of the rivet.
The screws that holds the plastic strip to cover the charge unit works fine and seems OK without it.
Losing the K-chip is ok otherwise they collect in my tool-bag anyway.

[splblazer91]

Re: DR512 Drums

Heres what I do. Hold a soldering iron on the rivet for about 1 minute. It melts the plastic the rivet goes into. Then pull the board and rivet out together. Replace with a color drum chip by using a plastic screw.

[Boltaction]

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We have gotten into the habit of ripping out the K chip, cutting the pin and applying a dab of super glue to the back of the color chip.
The first time we encountered it we had got a call back for a drum unit setting error, turned out there was a bit to much super glue and the contact became clouded so it had to get cleaned off. But otherwise has worked well for us.
I'll have to try using the plastic screw from an old drum unit to secure the new chip.

I guess KM looks at it as we are stealing money from them.

[Tech Helpdesk]

Re: DR512 Drums

Hi all,

Yes they have kindly riveted the chips in place and it does not look good when you are breaking off the black chips and then having to glue color ones on !!

We are currently using the drum adapter tool that allows the fitment of black drums to the colors without having to change any chips, we even post the drums out to the customers now to fit themselves.

Drum Adapter.jpg

[delboy10]

Re: DR512 Drums

Heres what I do. Hold a soldering iron on the rivet for about 1 minute. It melts the plastic the rivet goes into. Then pull the board and rivet out together. Replace with a color drum chip by using a plastic screw.

Nice! Thanks for the tips.

delboy

[kingarthur]

Re: DR512 Drums

We have gotten into the habit of ripping out the K chip, cutting the pin and applying a dab of super glue to the back of the color chip.
The first time we encountered it we had got a call back for a drum unit setting error, turned out there was a bit to much super glue and the contact became clouded so it had to get cleaned off. But otherwise has worked well for us.
I'll have to try using the plastic screw from an old drum unit to secure the new chip.

I guess KM looks at it as we are stealing money from them.

[Boltaction]

Re: DR512 Drums

Well that's the kicker isn't it lol at least you are still able to swap color drums around. Like I said we will have to try the method of using a plastic screw to hold the new chip in place.

[Boltaction]

Re: DR512 Drums

Hi all,

Yes they have kindly riveted the chips in place and it does not look good when you are breaking off the black chips and then having to glue color ones on !!

We are currently using the drum adapter tool that allows the fitment of black drums to the colors without having to change any chips, we even post the drums out to the customers now to fit themselves.

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Where can you find this adapter tool?